The price of pigs at the farm began to increase. It is not expected that it will rise so high that it will affect consumers.

Bangkok, The National Pig Growers Association expects The price of pigs at the farm will gradually increase until they reach cost. But the adjustment will be made gradually. It is believed that "wild pigs" will no longer be illegally imported. But there may still be residue left in various cold rooms. Therefore, we must solve both "wild pork and cheap pork" at the same time, ensuring that prices in 2024 will not increase until consumers suffer. If the government sector reduces the cost of raw materials for animal feed Mr. Sitthiphan Thanakiatpinyo The president of the National Pig Growers Association said The price of live pigs at the farm has already begun to increase by 2 baht per kilogram on Buddhist Holy Day, January 10, 2024, making the price at 68 - 74 baht per kilogram according to each region. It is expected that the price will gradually increase until reaching the cost, which is at 80 baht per kilogram But the adjustment will be made gradually so as not to affect consumers. However, farmers need t o adjust farm gate prices to reduce the impact of 11 months of losses, especially small farmers who have higher costs than large farmers and can sell at lower farm gate prices. At the same time believe that The farm gate price adjustment will not affect consumers because the previous price of pig parts was higher than now. The price of red pork is approximately 160 - 170 baht per kilogram. If the farm gate price adjusts to a cost of 80 baht per kilogram The price of red pork will remain around 160 baht per kilogram as before. From a discussion with Modern Trade on January 4th. with Captain Thammanat Phromphao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, as chairman. It is a discussion to request cooperation in maintaining price stability. Do not compete with each other by organizing promotions to reduce the price of pig parts, which results in lowering prices at the farm. The modern trade operators are happy to cooperate. In addition, he had discussions with Mr. Phumtham Wechayachai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, on setting the pig price structure to be consistent with costs. Including solving the problem of cost of animal feed raw materials that must mostly be imported. The cost of animal feed is 70 percent of the raising. Mr. Phumtham received the matter and the National Pig Farmers Association came back to collect information. Then it will be discussed again on January 26th. For the Chinese New Year festival which falls on February 10th . The price of live pigs at the farm will increase only slightly from the present. But farmers will be able to sell in larger quantities. As for the average price in 2024, it is believed that it will not increase to the point of causing distress to consumers. If the government sector helps with the cost of raw materials for animal feed, such as Waiver of import taxes on soybean meal From the remaining 2 percent, canceling the 3 to 1 measure or the measure of buying 3 parts of domestic corn for 1 part of imported wheat, asking to solve the problem. 'Wild pigs a nd cheap pigs' go together so that farmers can live with them. If the shepherd disappears The quantity of pigs in the country will be insufficient and will have to be imported in the future. Last week, Mr. Phumtham Wechayachai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, assigned the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce to analyze the price structure of all types of agricultural products with higher costs, stating that all new costs must be analyzed in order to generate income for each section. balanced In the past, the Blue Flag Project was brought in to help solve the problem of product prices, which helped temporarily. But the real fix must be to fix the entire price structure. We are ready to listen to all sectors and will solve the problem as soon as possible. Mr. Chaiya Phromma, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said that Assigned the Department of Livestock Development to coordinate with the Department of Internal Trade under the mechanism of the Swine Price Stabilizatio n Working Group of the Swine and Product Development Policy Committee (Pigboard). Initially, they wanted to set the price of swine to be consistent with costs to help small farmers to be able to sell their products. At that fair price It will reduce the problem of price suppression from middlemen. without affecting consumers Another important thing is Reducing the cost of raw materials for animal feed, which is the main cost of pig production. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives encourages farmers to grow animal feed crops as an alternative raw material. Corn and Soybeans Currently, the Department of Agricultural Extension has been assigned to pilot 500 sub-districts, while the Department of Livestock Development has been assigned to advise farmers on the use of alternative raw materials in various animal feed formulas. Source: Thai News Agency